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So much has happened since last post, I can’t think where to start. This episode really begins with the Key West trip, so let’s start there.
Pero primero (but first), the really big news: Winston has 99.9% recovered from heatstroke. When I left for Key West 10 June, he was like a little old man. He slept all the time, moved very slowly, pretty much “fell” down rather than laid down. It was very sad for all of us. He was alive and seemed happy, not in pain, but not himself. Even so, we were thrilled with . . . → Read More About On the Master Plan
A reader writes:
Good Morning!
I came across your blog while looking up some info on the Costa Rica expat. Following a recent trip to the country, (coupled with a not-so-recent desire to check out and start over someplace new,) I find myself obsessed with researching and reading about the realities of day-to-day life in your neck of the woods.
I’ve been a real estate broker for a little over four years now, the last two of which I’ve spent running my own small discount listing brokerage. I wanted . . . → Read More About Expats Working in Costa Rica
Over on Costa Rica Living, we've been havin' ourselves a good ole time ranting and raving about Honduras and is it a coup or not. (It's not.) You can read the posts here (this is a 44 page pdf document… you have to be really interested!) The CRL camp is divided: half think coup, the other half think legal constitutional action. Both sides quote Honduras' Constitution. They've read it once and are certain they understand the details. I wonder . . . → Read More About Coup or No Coup?
I did it. I’m taking a massage course from the Costa Rica School of Integrative Massage. Three days a week, 9a-2p, for 12 weeks, $10/credit hour. If I do all 500 hours required for licensing, that’s $5,000. Since I don’t intend to be licensed in the US, I’m not concerned about cramming it all in. The plan is to do the mods I want as they come available.
These first two weeks are Connective Tissue Massage. Here’s . . . → Read More About Week One: Massage School
Decisions, decisions. Luscious, high-paying decisions. DO NOT LOOK AT ME! Sorry to yell, but I'm practicing for my new job as a dominatrix. DON'T LAUGH. It pays big bucks, is perfectly legal because there is no actual sex involved and, word has it, older gals are better at it. We have more authority.
IF YOU SNICKER, I WILL HAVE TO SPANK YOU. (See? I'm a natural.)
I confess, I didn't think of this myself. Apparently it's all the . . . → Read More About Hmmm… Bitch Goddess or Mummy Figure?
The tremors under my office chair, all the way over here on the other side of the valley from the epicenter, have finally subsided. We had one – a long one – at 3am Monday morning, but it'd been several days since the one before that. Thank goodness! Those tremors are unnerving. I'm sure the survivors near Poás are grateful the aftershocks are mostly gone. They have enough to deal with. I imagine freedom from the anxiety over an immediate repeat performance is welcome.
Recovery and reconstruction are underway. The area will be affected for years to come. . . . → Read More About Updates: Quake, Hotel, EFT
On Friday, Hal and I drove to the southern Pacific area to visit a small hotel that needs an operator. We'd met the owner a couple of weeks ago, liked each other, had similar goals… just needed to case the joint. So, we spent the day in DUO (Dominical, Uvita, Ojochal), going to the farmer's market, seeing the hotel, ate at a couple of really good restaurants. We spent the night with friends who own a beautiful house with a spectacular view . . . → Read More About 24 Hours Oceanside
Please see 3 June 2009 update at bottom.
Experienced, dependable rentista family seeks long-term lease on a Bed & Breakfast, guesthouse or small hotel. Hablamos español.
Experience includes owning and operating:
Guesthouses in Rehoboth Beach and Key West A residential holistic health spa in KY A fitness/yoga studio (17 years in Key West) Several vacation rentals (Key West) Restaurants (Hal owned one in Key West, his family has owned restaurants and catering businesses his whole life. He is a fantastic cook.) A real estate company, currently still doing property management for others, licensed in FL, . . . → Read More About Wanted: Hotel to Lease
"In America, you'll get food to eat. Don't have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet. You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day. It's great to be an American." – from Sail Away, Randy Newman's clever slave-trade ditty
All true, so far. We're here in the good ole U.S. of A. Hal's mom was not well (she's better now), Spirit Air had tickets for $250 each = a good time to see what's up here. I guess the USA is still the same… but . . . → Read More About In America
Of course, what we (as in all of you and me) should really do is pool our resources and create a bank. Then you can create money out of thin air and keep some of it. For instance, HSBC posted a $17,000,000,000 (Billion) loss and still made a profit. Of course, banks have all those pesky paperwork requirements, whereas websites have NONE. Small comfort, but I’m clinging to it.
Buying a business is buying a business, whether on the web or on the ground. Pretty much the same rules apply. You are buying an income. We did plenty of . . . → Read More About Tips On Buying A Website
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